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January 28, 1944 - The Battle of Anzio begins
Posted on 1/28/23 at 9:14 am
Posted on 1/28/23 at 9:14 am
It is 231 weeks since Germany invaded Poland. Here is what was going on 79 years ago during the week of 22-28 January 1944:
YouTube - World War Two
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The U.S. VI Corps lands on the beaches of Anzio in Italy with little resistance. Caution in the high command, however, prevents a break out and German reinforcements are able to establish an effective perimeter around the beachhead by the end of the week. In the Soviet Union, the Red Army's successful offensive against Army Group North ends the 850+ day siege of Leningrad. More than two million people (soldiers and civilians) are estimated to have died in and around the city during the siege - mostly from starvation. Finally, in Ukraine, a Soviet offensive encircles more than 50,000 German soldiers near the city of Korsun.
YouTube - World War Two
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Posted on 1/28/23 at 9:22 am to RollTide1987
Largely ignored battles there in Italy. I think it was Truscott that said that Cisterna was the most bombed place in the War. What a nightmare for those Marne men.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 9:46 am to RollTide1987
My dad was part of this.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 10:06 am to Redbone
After the war my grandfather went into business with a man who was a veteran of the Italy campaign. He was in the 1st Ranger Battalion.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 10:14 am to Chromdome35
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After the war my grandfather went into business with a man who was a veteran of the Italy campaign.
Olive Oil bidness no doubt.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 10:22 am to RollTide1987
My father was there as well. It was his third and final invasion. We are Italian and, after the war was over, he found out he was fighting against his cousin.?????????
Posted on 1/28/23 at 10:48 am to Chili Mac
When my dad joined the Marine Corp he went home and told his dad. His dad hit him because he thought he would go to Italy and fight our relatives.
He did not go to Italy, but Iwo Jima.
He did not go to Italy, but Iwo Jima.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 11:09 am to RollTide1987
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Caution in high command
unfortunately this will be repeated time and again from Africa to Germany and cost tens of thousands of Allied lives
Posted on 1/28/23 at 11:47 am to lsuroadie
Mark Clark was not our best general, to say the least.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 12:03 pm to RollTide1987
Gen. Mark Clark and gen. Lucas almost allowed the Germans to push us back into the sea at the Anzio beach landing.
Posted on 1/28/23 at 12:07 pm to RollTide1987
Grandfather earned a bronze star and a Purple Heart at Anzio
It is proudly displayed along with his portrait in my living room
It is proudly displayed along with his portrait in my living room
This post was edited on 1/28/23 at 12:08 pm
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